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🤩 ACT and ABI welcome new visiting fellows The Africa Center for Transregional Research (ACT) and the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute welcome several international fellows from Nigeria, Ghana and Namibia to Freiburg. Find out more about them: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/new-...
🎤 @timglawion.bsky.social im ARD-Format #RabbitHole: #Russland rekrutiert vermehrt in #Asien für sein Militär, nach Strafverfolgung in afrikanischen Ländern. Der Beitrag auf YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tsD...
🎤 @franziscaz.bsky.social über ihr #ERC-Projekt Für das BMBF beantwortet Franzisca Zanker, was ihr die liebsten Tage im Projekt sind, wie sie mit Unsicherheiten in der Forschung umgeht und was sie anderen empfiehlt, die einen ERC-Antrag stellen wollen. www.eubuero.de/de/nks-erc-p...
🥳 New on the board of trustees: Julia Grauvogel and Joschka Philipps Read more about the ABI's Board of Trustees, the new members and the annual meeting at ABI. www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/new-...
🥳 New associate researcher at ABI: Amanda Bisong Amanda Bisong is a lawyer, policy expert, and researcher specializing in EU-Africa migration governance, labor mobility, trade, and regional integration. Read more on her: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/new-...
💬 Greift der Krieg im #Sudan auf den #Tschad über? Tschad-Expertin Helga Dickow ordnet in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social die Stimmung im Land ein: Auch unabhängig vom Krieg im Sudan sei diese „derzeit am Boden“. Zum Artikel: www.fr.de/politik/grei...
🌍 Warum manche Länder nicht aufholen @timglawion.bsky.social zeigt im @katapultmagazin.bsky.social weshalb Entwicklungsmaßnahmen in Ländern wie der Zentralafrikanischen Republik bisher eher wenig Erfolg zeigen. ▶️ Gesamter Artikel: www.katapult-magazin.de/de/artikel/w...
❤️🩹 When #love meets a political fault line - statehood and personal relationships between #india & #bangladesh Anas Ansar for the Daily Star on how personal relationships become an arena of state power, as India labels cross-border love as infiltration. www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/anas...
💡💬 Next week: Our 4th ALMA lecture with @somdeepsen.bsky.social! 🕗 July 8th, 8pm 📍 KG I, HS 1098 Join us for his talk on questions of race and and racism in international relations and how this shapes our conception of the politics of Israel-Palestine. www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/events/al...
📚 New IQAS Issue: Scholar(ship) at Risk in Southeast Asia and Beyond This issue (Vol. 56 No. 3) examines current pressure on academic freedom across cases from Myanmar, Afghanistan, Gaza and Southeast Asia. Find the whole issue (Open Access): hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/iqa...
👋 Job offer: Student assistant (25-30h/month) for the ERC-funded project “The Political Lives of Migrants: Perspectives from Africa (PolMig)” Full job offer and all relevant information: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/abi-...
💬🎧 ABI's Edwin Mutyenyoka interviewed by Channel Africa On what Kenya's #Shirika plan proposes, how it differs from previous refugee policies, and what it could mean for refugees, local communities, and the county's future. Available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFGI...
🫵📢 Call for contributions: Technology, conflict and coloniality @postcolh.bsky.social, Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) & Forum Transregionale Studien Open tomorrow, July 1, 2026. All relevant information: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/call...
🤝 Evento en línea en alemán y español Am 7.7. in #Freiburg diskutieren Nicole Maron, Roxana Borda & ABI-Mitarbeiter @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social über Themen rund um erneuerbare Energie in Peru. Weitere Informationen: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/veranstaltun...
⚽📢 Heute in #Freiburg: Public Viewing Deutschland - Ecuador Unser Mitarbeiter @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social ordnet vorher noch globale Machtverhältnisse und politische Fragen rund um #Ecuador und #Deutschland aus wissenschaftlicher Perspektive ein. ▶️ www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/veranstaltun...
📝 Anas Ansar on the role of social media in the #Bangladesh-India border conflict For the Daily Star, Anas Ansar examines how the increasing social-mediatization of #border disputes is reshaping the relationships between India and Bangladesh. www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/anas...
📰💡 Edwin Mutyenyoka and Franzisca Zanker on Kenya's new #refugee policy Drawing on their research in the PolMig project, they explain the opportunities and challenges the Shirika plan presents for refugees and host communities. ▶️ Available at The Conversation: theconversation.com/kenya-wants-...
🎧💬 Tim Glawion at the BBC In the program "Russia's security influence in the Central African Republic", @timglawion.bsky.social shares insights into the CAR's motives for a partnership with #Russia. Listen here: www.bbc.com/audio/play/p...
📸 Exkursion nach Bonn: #Entwicklungspolitik im Umbruch Bericht zu jährlich stattfindenden Exkursion für Studierende der @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social unter Leitung von @adelm.bsky.social & @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/news/exkursi...
🗓️ Join our associate Erkan Tümkaya on June 26 in Freiburg! Watch and discuss the Film "Kein Land für Niemand" with English subtitles. Migrant's accounts, scientists' and activists' accounts of German current debates and policies surrounding migration. uni-freiburg.de/ska-en/ (scroll down there)
Tonight in Freiburg! 8pm More info: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/events/fr...
Sophia Stille on migration policy-making in Liberia In this article for African Arguments, ABI staff member Sophia Stille explains why migration policy is becoming increasingly important in Liberia too. Read about the role of EU and the US and other reasons: africanarguments.org/2026/06/migr...
🤝 Togolese/French/German collaboration on colonial photographs @richardlegay.bsky.social & his project partners from #Togo, #France and #Germany spent 2 days in #Freiburg's ethnological collection to analyse conolial photography. Read their report: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/togo...
📚 What does it mean to decolonize migration studies? June's #ABIBookofMonth by Kudakwashe Vanyoro @brisunipress.bsky.social explores when decolonial approaches create new openings and when they risk shutting down debate. Browse through the ABI library: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/bibliothek
📰 @vivigarciap.bsky.social on right-wing candidate De la Espriella's success in the 1st round of Colombia's presidential elections: “a rupture in what has been the configuration of the Colombian right for 25 years“. The 2nd round of the election will be held on June 21. www.dw.com/es/eleccione...
💬 Ehemaliger ABI-Direktor Theodor Hanf im Interview Mit dem Magazin @zenith.me sprach Prof. Theodor Hanf über seine Forschung zum libanesischen Bürgerkrieg aus den 1980er-Jahren. ▶️ magazin.zenith.me/de/archiv/li...
📝In Chad, pupils will be taught nation-wide in Arabic soon. Helga Dickow explains the historical and political background of the decision and warns of its consequences for social cohesion. www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/helg...
⚽-WM: Deutschland gegen Ecuador am 25.06. Unser Mitarbeiter @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social versorgt euch direkt vor dem Spiel mit Fakten über #Ecuador und über die Verbindungen zwischen #Deutschland / #Europa und Ecuador. www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/veranstaltun...
👋 Apply now for an internship at ABI! Join us for an insight in the work of our institute - researching societes and political settings in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. Apply until June 30, all info in the link ⬇️ www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/appl... 📸 Rainer Muranyi